Editing Complicit absolution

{{Short description|Offense in Roman Catholic canon law}}
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'''Complicit absolution''' is an offense in [[Roman Catholic Church|Roman Catholic]] [[Canon law (Catholic Church)|canon law]] consisting of the absolution of a party complicit with the absolving [[priest]] in an offense. Because it constitutes the abuse of a [[sacrament]], it is held to be [[sacrilege]].

Some cases involve secular clergy in the [[sexual abuse scandal in Boston archdiocese|archdiocese of Boston]] who were similarly accused of abusing the confessional in the documents [[Crimen sollicitationis (document)|''Crimen sollicitationis'']] and ''[[De delictis gravioribus]]''.<ref>[http://nationalcatholicreporter.org/word/word0815.htm Explaining Crimen Sollicitationis]</ref>

==See also==
*''[[Sacramentum Poenitentiae]]''
==References==
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